Contact Information

Academic School

School of Computer Science and Mathematics

Office

Hancock Center 3044

Email

Phone

(845) 575-3616

Website/Resume

Dr. K. Peter Krog

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Bio

Peter majored in mathematics at Worcester State College in his hometown of Worcester, MA. He went on to complete his Master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Connecticut. Peter and his wife Donna live in Hyde Park, NY.

Education

BS, Worcester State College
MS, University of Connecticut
PhD, University of Connecticut

Research Interests / Areas of Focus

Peter's original mathematical training was in the area of finite-rank torsion-free abelian groups; in particular, the structure of balanced and cobalanced Butler groups. Together with colleagues Lynne Doty and Tracey McGrail, Peter has written an instructional module on chip-firing games and their application to probability theory. The module is useful as both a classroom tool and as a resource for motivated students of probability or discrete mathematics seeking independent study projects. Peter has also worked on a small research project with Bob McGrail of Bard College on computer sorting algorithms. In 2002-2003, Peter directed an undergraduate Honors project that explored the conditions under which quintic polynomials of a certain form are solvable by radicals.

Selected Publications

"Pivot Analysis and Key Diversity in Quicksort", with Robert W. McGrail, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2004), San Diego, CA, June 2004.